Log-turner.



PATENTBD APR. 30, 1907.

D. A KENNEDY.

LOG TURNER. APPLICATION 121mm APB.26. 1905.

4 SHIRTS-SHEET 1.,

PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

D. A. KENNEDY.

LOG TURNER.

APPLIOATION npnn APILZB. 1905.

4 SHEETS-4511331 2.

PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.-

D. A. KENNEDY.

LOG TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED APILZB. 1905.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3- PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

D. A. KENNEDY.

LOG TURNER.

APPLIOALIOH FILED APILBB. 1905.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

yam 041$ iig'giicailieti liled Ap l? i [Pi/(17. it, Ji l/f (on www.- 1 r. V .7 Be ll Loin-.1 lhat l. .:i.i,-,.\[il) A. lro-isstuli, a Clii ZC lld i ll 7 led Slides. and a resident of Ashhiml. in ihe county of ."ishluud and Specification (M dillrruul. lovms i l ci a slid-1 and guide shown in. i I .lled in. Fig. i; Fir. 3, a HOOtlUllLLl men ol a li'ugineol l one lorm ol' the ll dinner, (he 0 rue illlr l uldnrai-ml by liJM- i. l i. ii plan we aid iogdnruer indii'ulel by line t A 3; hil ztllil diz2- grains h ow -aliens ol lhe ogturner; l i 7, :1 side levation, peril in SW. tioinol' a lfrag suen l ol another lorui ol. the log" turner einom'ed us a suppori .lor a moving ii l til suitably arranged cylinder. Another arm ol represent i lilli also illuslriue a LZlll ii T Patented April 30, 1907.

oi ordinary conslrretion. Th logiiiruer herein particulnrl' seil'orll; 1 pos1- lioned in Plutl ice similar to those ordinaril eniplit i'eil, l in. any ol' di sin/(rail forms, 1t wozuprises an :1yproidunilely triangular caniei heiid hm ingr one or iwo liluilt in'iilits at lhe w en lherwi sud :H mh ol' piimeu (crossed or olhvm'isujl in eimnrelion with said head,

' 1 an. axis l'orsaid head.

in Figs. 1. and :5, ihe cam'mr-heml K of the tumor has a straight side :1: and a curviur side Adlai-cut to ils sides and base i i lll l l, the eauler-heall is provided with a apertures, and crosselfl pitrnen L, M,

i in adjustable vonneution with said by diot-bolts engaging selected aper- By having the pitrnen head, lures in the series. in. adjustable eoinnmtion with the canterhead, the leverage on same may be varied. 'lhe pilmrn are respeclii'lly coupled to the rods N. l), oi pistons that have their reciprocation in linders l, Q, these cylinders being irel'erahlv )ivol'ed so as to be oscillative. l

preferably :nljustable connection with the plank andlog; hi; 8, a lHlkli iexx'ol said lraglower oii'sel' segment end of each pitrnan isa link R [but is also in connection with a lHiHlUl. :8 stationary on a suitable support. .l .inks o1 dill'erent length may be employed to eomivi-t llie pitineu and brackets aforesaid, the function ol' the links being to guide the l oismn-rods Ii, l). in substantially rectilinear Z de k, lhe upper end how. the cylinders I Q, being osoillativ'e t0 roui wuszile l'or slight departure of said rods .l'roni iw-iilinr lines due to the are of movev nn-ul ol' the outer ends of said links.

,g'nide U is provided.

the lever is connected, by a link (.3, with a stop-ind ll loose at one end on the pivot of said skid, the conslruolion Illlll :uri'uiggeuienl of parts thus l'ur described lfllihflf a null What has been, previimsly set l'orlh Patent 778366, of he ember 37, 190i. .i saw 1 is shown between the log-(leek and the, line of travel of a log-carriagc J, l his carriage in .l' ig. 2. [he plum-u L,M, are not crossed, but lhe uman L" is connected by a link I) with a segmental pro ection 0 ol the pitlnan i l", and lhis pinnau and the link are in connel-liou with a slide '1 for which a Vertical The pitmanprojeclion 1; is provided with a plurality of pivotpin apertures to provide for adjustable conheel ion llierewith ol' the link 6, and the funciion of said link and guided pitman-projeclion is ihe same, as the links R in connection wit lv the crossed pitmen. L, M, in Fig. 1 It being understood that the pivot-pin connecting the link b and pitmen-projection 0 also IIO engages the adjacent slide T. The centerhead K of the log-turner shown in Fig. 2, has

two hook-point projections at its apex in oppositedirections, while in Fig. 1, said head has a single hook-point on its curvilinear side. The cantor-head shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, comprises a plurality of plates bolted to gether, and each pitman is shown as comprising a pair of parallel plates straddling said head, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4. in

'Fig. 3, it is shown that the segmental projections 0 of the plates pertaining to the pitman M straddle the link I) to which they are connected, and the slide in connect-ion with said projections and link comprises two blocks each having its own guide.

In Figs. 7, 8 and 9, the canter-head K of the log-turner is a two hook-point device comprisin a pair of plates spaced apart, the whole laeing a single casting or otherwise, and

'a roller V is jounraled in the spacers to pro ject in opposite directions from said head longitudinally of the same. In Figs. 1 and 2 the center-head is shown by full lines, in position prior to commencing to turn a log on the carriage, and fluid-underpressure being properly applied in the cylinders P, Q, or Q, a straight downward motion is had by said head. By increasing the pull of the piston rocl N or N, the logwill be turned in the direction of its circumference, the cantorhead keeping the same relative position as when the operation begun. Now by'pushing the pitrnan M or M upward and pulling the pitman L or L downward, the cantorhead is swung approximately one quarter of a turn on one 01 its pivots to the position shown by dotted lines, after which a slight upward movement otsaid pitman ll or ll" and downward movement of said. pitmcn )l or M will resultin the point of said head being released from the log and dropped below the deck-line. At the proper time, the can ter-head is again brought into engagement with the log, by proper manipulation ol' the pitmen connecting it with the pis1on-rods, the approach of said head to attach said log being shown hydotted linesin Fig. 1. When the lo is squared, the cantor-head is manipulated by the piston-rods and pitmen to hook over the upper outer edge ol. the timber prior to a turning operation, said timber being indi cated by dotted lilies in Fig. 1. Tho turning operation for the timber is the same as for a log.

in Fig. 5, it shown that the canter-head may be manipulated to lower a plank cut from a log, the various positions of said head being shown by full and dotted lines. The cantor-head in said Fig. 6 is of the same form as the'onc shown in Fig. 2, and is shown adjusted to have the back point or book thorns of engage a plank to support the same when separated from the log. it is alsoshmrn, by dotted lines, in Fig. 6, that the cantor-head l I I i may be manipulated to lower and push said plank away from a vertic lly cutting saw.

in Fig. '7, the center-head having a roller therewith is shown employed to support a plank and log while in motion in a direction opposite to the lower straight portion of a horizontal band-saw, and in Fig. 9, the same form of head is shown, means for holding a log-quadrant on a re-saw roller while in motion, thc roller V with said head being in contact with said log-quadrant.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A log-turner comprising a cantor-head of approximately triangular form hookpointed at the apex as well provided with a series of apertures adjacent to its sides and base, and pitmen in piv t-bolt connection with selected apertures in the series.

A. log-turner comprisinga canterdiead of approximately triangular form hookpointed at the apex, a roller journaled in connection with said head longitudinally ol the same to ploiccl. therefrom in opposite directions, and pitmen. in connection with the aforesaid head for whirl). each connection constitutes an axis.

3. A log-turner comprising a canterdicad. of approximately triangular lorm hookpointed at the apex, pitmcn having ends thereof in pivotal connection with saidhead, piston-rods with which the other ends of the pitmen arc' in pivotal connection, oscillativc cvlindcrs in which the rods aforesaid are re ciprocaiive, and means in connection with said pitmen for guiding the piston rods in substantially rectilinear lines, oscillation of the cylinders serving to compensate for slight departure of said rods from said lines incidental to the movements of said pitmen and their connections.

-t. A log-turner .-omprising a cantor-head oi approximately triangular lorui hookpointed. at the apex, pitmcn having ends thereol' in pivotal connection with said head, piston-rods with which the other ends ofthc pitmen arc in pivotal connection, oscillativc cylinders in which the rods aforesaid are reciprocativc, a slide and vertical guide for same, and a link connecting one of the pitmen with a projection ol the other, a pivotpin joining the link and pitman projection being in connection with the slide al'oresaid.

5. A log-turner comprising a cantor-head of approximately triangular form hookpointed at the apex, pitmcn having ends thereof in pivotal connection with said head, piston-rods with which the other ends of the pitmen are in pivotal connection, oscillative cylinders in which the rods aforesaid are reciprocative, a slide and vertical guide for same, a segment-projection of one of the pitmen, and a link by which adjustable connection is had of the other pitinan with the segmanta-projection of the one ntorese. iti, n pivotpin o1n1ng the link and. pltlllzall-pl't)jtljtlOll being in oonnection with the slule uloresz'ml.

6. A log-turner ctmlprising a miner-hem] of approximately. triangular l'orin hookpointed at the apex, a pair of pitninn each in pivotal connection with the heml n tunting mechaniism for the pitlnen, anti inenns controlling the movement of said pitmen to elleet a vombinetl forward pull and rot-k oi the eunterhead in proportion to the roll of the log turned b same, \\'ll([(l) the relative posi tion of said howl with respect, to suiil lugg; re i mains the same tlllollfillmlt the turning operation and pressure is exerted against the nloresunl log toward mlpir-ent hend-hloeks.

' 7. A lo -turner eoln risin a center-head T I D claim the foregoing I i DONALD A. KENNEDY.

"itnesses:

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